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For the gender action plan, indicators need to be designed to require reporting of baseline and latest data disaggregated by sex for evidence that the practice exists. In this project, indicators such as “MOH public information on drug safety including rapid alert system improved by 2014 (data on persons affected by unsafe drugs are sex-disaggregated)” and “minutes of community meetings and attendance lists were disaggregated by sex” were reported without evidence of sex-disaggregated data.

Project Number: 41243-012
Project Name: Fourth Health Sector Development Project
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Strong ownership of the executing and implementing agencies is key to project success. Adequate consultation with the borrower during project conceptualization and design as well as regular communications during implementation are important to ensure that the executing and implementing agencies are purposively identified, and appropriate institutional arrangements are made to ensure effective and efficient project implementation.

Project Number: 44019-013
Project Name: Hubei Huangshi Urban Pollution Control and Environmental Management Project
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Designing a project with an intention to conduct an impact evaluation can lead to a more conscious effort to design and establish a robust monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system where data can be available for such impact assessment. Additionally, having gender targets can help influence the M&E design to be gender inclusive.

Project Number: 48226-003
Project Name: Second Rural Connectivity Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Sustained policy dialogues, close collaboration, and timely communication among stakeholders help ensure effective and smooth resolution of resettlement and compensation issues. It is vital to consider the concerns of local people and beneficiaries in the project design. The project conducted adequate consultation meetings, focus group discussions, and awareness campaigns among stakeholders. Grievances were resolved effectively through either official deliberation at grievance redress committees or preliminary informal meeting at the field level

Project Number: 49125-001
Project Name: Second Jharkhand State Road Project
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As demonstrated by this program, providing a TA to strengthen the institutional capacity of executing and implementing agencies is essential for enabling improved project implementation. However, a caveat is to avoid an optimistic assumption that the absorptive and implementation capacities of the executing and implementing agencies would achieve a significant improvement right after the TA and capacity building measures.

Project Number: 40423-053
Project Name: Rural Connectivity Investment Program (Tranche 3 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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The choice of a multifinancing facility (MFF)\ as the financing modality for a proposed investment needs to be adequately justified, with due consideration of the fulfillment of preconditions, scope of tranches, and the extent to which an MFF would generate potential value addition in terms of efficiency, portfolio performance, and development results as compared to standalone project-based loans.

Project Number: 37139-023
Project Name: Uttaranchal Power Sector Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Project implementation often faces multiple risks. Identifying and implementing risk mitigation measures and providing adequate early-stage support are crucial in minimizing initial delays and addressing emerging project needs. Adequate due diligence at appraisal should emphasize strong assessment of borrower's and executing agency's capacity across institutional, financial, and operational aspects.

Project Number: 42051-023
Project Name: Energy Efficiency Program
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The significant changes on the approved route on the BRT component at appraisal could have been avoided if significant resources to explain the BRT concept, issues, and challenges at the local context were provided during project preparation

Project Number: 44007-013
Project Name: Jiangxi Fuzhou Urban
Integrated Infrastructure Improvement Project
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For project areas where differences in language is considered a significant challenge, setting aside resources for translation andcommunication with the local government officials can mitigate misunderstanding during project preparation.

Project Number: 44007-013
Project Name: Jiangxi Fuzhou Urban
Integrated Infrastructure Improvement Project
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